"I have long thought that our Uncle Sixth Emperor is not simple."
Lin Jinxiao said: "My late father's death was closely related to Weilan Palace, but in the end it was King Changrong and several other princes who fell victim to the law."
"That's good, he has helped us a lot this time."
Chu Nanzhi smiled and said: "We each get what we need. He wants the power of King Qinghe, but you need a logical reason to go north."
"Too."
But thinking about the ill-intentioned look he had towards his wife at Luyan Port, Lin Jinxiao's heart was always full of grudges.
If he was the real culprit who framed his father, he would definitely not forgive him lightly when he got to Beijing.
However, he had to pass through Yizhou to go north, and the navy was completely useless. How to break through Yizhou City became a problem in his mind.
I was lost in thought when I heard the exclamations of the little treasures coming from the carriages and horses behind:
"Brother Yunqing, look, it's so lively outside."
Listening to the noise of the little treasures, Chu Nanzhi quickly looked out.
I saw a huge buffalo not far away running wildly among the crowd as if it was crazy, scaring the pedestrians on the road to flee in all directions.
Seeing the crazy buffalo rushing into the crowd, injuring several people, and about to trample over a young girl, Lin Jinxiao immediately dismounted his horse and jumped towards the buffalo.
Just when the buffalo rushed to the little girl, Lin Jinxiao stepped over the buffalo like a dragonfly on water, quickly picked up the little girl who was already frightened and overwhelmed, and moved aside.
The crazy buffalo rushed forward and directly knocked down the thick courtyard wall in front of it.
The guards were frightened by this scene and were at a loss. After reacting, they rushed into the city anxiously. More than a dozen people worked together to restrain the crazy buffalo.
Lin Jinxiao handed the crying little girl back to the hands of a woman who caught up with him. Looking at the mad cow subdued by the guards, he asked sternly: "Whose cow is allowed to hurt people in the bustling city?"
Not long after, I saw an old man running up to me out of breath, and replied in a frightened manner: "Your Majesty, this beast was raised by ordinary people in their homes, but because this beast suddenly broke away from the cart, it roared like crazy and ran wildly, and the ordinary people were unable to stop it.
That’s why this beast hurt innocent neighbors.”
After looking at the injured pedestrian, the old man knelt down and begged with sincerity: "The common people are willing to compensate for everyone's losses, and please punish His Highness."
"Since it was an unintentional mistake, you can go and reconcile with your neighbors on your own. I will not punish you for your crime."
As soon as Lin Jinxiao finished speaking, Chu Nanzhi walked forward slowly, looked at the giant buffalo panting in the square, and asked with a smile: "I wonder how many strong buffaloes like this are there in the old man's house?"
The old man didn't know why she asked this question. He frowned and replied: "This is the only one among ordinary people. However, there are several villages ten miles outside the city that specialize in raising cattle and selling them. You can find them in a radius of less than a hundred miles.
Thousands of cattle, many farmers outside Langzhou City rely on these cattle to plow their fields."
Chu Nanzhi nodded thoughtfully, pulled Lin Jinxiao back to the carriage, and discussed with him mysteriously: "Husband, why don't you let people buy all the cattle on the farm?"
Lin Jinxiao was completely confused by her actions today and asked suspiciously: "Why did you buy so many cattle?"
"Do you want to enter Jingling City as soon as possible?"
Chu Nan Zhi asked with an evil smile.
"Of course I want to go north as soon as possible."
At this time, Lin Jinxiao dreamed of rushing to the capital and meeting his biological mother.
"Then just listen to me, and I will definitely make you get what you want."
Chu Nanzhi was now fully confident in winning Yizhou.
It's just that I can't go north with the pretty boy, so I can only help him with some ideas.
Lin Jinxiao didn't know what she was thinking about. Although Langzhou was big, buying so many cattle at once would not only cost a lot of money, but also affect the surrounding people's farming.
But after looking at his wife's firm eyes, he had no choice but to tell He Ying to send someone to go outside the city immediately to buy the farm cattle from the farmer.
Chu Nanzhi continued to take a leisurely stroll in the city with her family.
I bought some pens, inks, paper and inkstones for the little ones, and let them pick out some favorite toys. It was near evening that I rushed back to the Governor's Mansion.
As night fell, the Governor's Mansion was already full of guests and friends, making it extremely lively.
Because Ji Rongheng wanted to go north with the army, the important task of holding on to Langzhou City fell on Chang Lao, who had a high prestige.
When Chu Nanzhi and Lin Jinxiao entered, the invited officials gathered around them, discussing the strategy of entering Yizhou.
"According to Tanma Lai, Tang Yi has strengthened the city defense of Yizhou in more than a month. It seems that he is determined to go against the imperial court this time and help King Qinghe to do evil."
"What should we do? If the Yizhou Pass cannot be opened quickly, by the time the General leads the Qinghe Cavalry to Kyoto, I'm afraid His Majesty will be in jail."
"Hey, the military situation is extremely urgent, but His Highness still has the leisure to play with the princess. Today he actually ordered the sergeants to arrest tomb robbers in the city and buy cattle from various places. I really can't figure out what His Highness is thinking."
Looking at Lin Jinxiao, Nan Zhi and his wife led the young royal highnesses and young princesses inside. Everyone immediately stopped talking and paid homage one after another: "Greetings to your highness and to the princess."
"Everyone, please take your seats."
Lin Jinxiao led Chu Nanzhi to sit down, looking down at the civil servants and military generals who were sitting quietly in the palace. They all had frowns on their faces, thinking back to the topics they had just discussed, but did not want to disturb the interest of the little treasures at their birthday banquet, and their expressions were calm.
He signaled: "Tonight is the fifth birthday of the young child. You can enjoy the banquet in peace and don't worry about other things. As for the King of Yizhou, I have my own plan to deal with it."
At this time, an official from Langzhou came out to criticize Chu Nanzhi's strange behavior today: "The expedition is about to begin, and His Highness should focus on the matter of going north to King Qin. How can you mobilize people to do something useless at this juncture?"
The Northern Expedition."
"What does Governor Tan mean by this?"
Lin Jinxiao recognized this person as Shi Tanqing, the governor of Langzhou.
Although he was once a staff member of the eldest princess, he was very dedicated to managing the affairs of the state government during these years of governing Langzhou.
Thinking that my wife asked He Ying to buy cattle on a large scale, which cost a huge amount of money, I lost my confidence for a while.
Tan Qing glanced at Chu Nanzhi resentfully and said dissatisfiedly: "Right now, the official and the old master Chang are already very busy raising food and wages for His Highness to go north, but the Princess is spending the money from the treasury on such insignificant things.
"Sir, let's let the military salary raised by the subordinates go to waste, and requisition all the cattle within a hundred miles. Isn't this going to cause resentment among the people?"
After a pause, he continued to complain: "Furthermore, in order to make up for the lack of military pay, this imperial court has always set up special officers to rob tombs and dig up graves to obtain property. What's more, now the people's livelihood is declining, and the common people are digging up the tombs of the previous dynasty's ignorant monarchs.
She has no choice but to make a living. If the princess goes to such great lengths to catch the tomb robbers, doesn’t it mean that there is no way for people to survive?"
"It turns out that Lord Changshi is resentful of me because of these two things."
Chu Nanzhi sighed in confusion: "Then what should Master Yi Changshi think?"